2013-01-29T09:38:54-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/emptiness/ http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/the-power-of-broken-6797 2013-01-29T09:38:54-05:00 Maybe God's allowed you to be broken so you could finally be healed; to finally see that you really do need Him, to be forgiven by Him, to have a personal relationship with Him, to actually take personally for yourself what Jesus did on the cross to tear down the wall between you and God. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/disappointment-mountain-2282 2009-10-01T10:31:43-05:00 The Bible says God has planted eternity in your heart. You are built to live for eternal things. Would you let Jesus challenge your daily value system? Would you let Him loosen your grip on all you have accumulated? Would you let Him evaluate your dreams in the light of eternity? Would you let Him change what you're aiming your efforts at? http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/the-deepest-cry-of-the-human-heart-5899 2009-09-11T12:15:21-05:00 It's possible to believe in God, to do God's things, and to still miss the deep experience of His love. And without that love, the emptiness and loneliness in our heart is never satisfied, no matter how many human loves we experience. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Life-That-Matters/Radio-Program/The-Brady-Bunch-Bombshell-8143 2008-11-25T11:33:18-05:00 So many folks live trapped between the “lookin’ good” role they play and an ugly, maybe frightening reality behind the image. That gap slowly tears you apart inside unless and until you can find someone who will take you as you really are and help you get to who you want to be and who you need to be. For millions of us, that person’s name is Jesus. He already knows everything about me—good, bad, ugly. The Bible says, ”Lord, You have searched me and You know me. You are familiar with all my ways” (Psalm 139:1, 2). So there’s nothing to hide. http://hutchcraft.com/Life-Issues/Spiritual-Direction/When-Your-Life-is-Drifting 2008-11-24T15:44:29-05:00 "Drifting" may be a word that describes a little of how you feel about your life right now. You can be successful, but not satisfied. You can be winning, but still wondering what your life is all about. This drifting feeling affects all kinds of people: young, old, single, married, those who have it all, and those who have very little. It's a sense that life doesn't have any direction and it causes a feeling of emptiness. http://hutchcraft.com/Life-Issues/Searching/The-Key-That-s-Right-in-Front-of-You 2008-11-24T15:33:11-05:00 In a sense, our whole life is a search for a key. We are looking for a key that will answer some of life's bottom line questions like "Why am I here? How can I find love that I won't lose and a relationship that I can totally trust? ... How can I find lasting peace? What happens after I die?" We look a lot of places for answers. http://hutchcraft.com/Life-Issues/Searching/The-Top-of-Life-s-Puzzle-Box 2008-11-24T15:32:16-05:00 Life is often described as being like a puzzle. There are so many pieces—family, friendship, romance, financial, school, work, success, and even failure pieces. You often wonder where you are going in life, who you really are, and what all the pieces of the puzzle mean. ... The solution to the puzzle is found on the top of the puzzle box http://hutchcraft.com/Life-Issues/Restlessness/Chasing-Bubbles 2008-11-24T15:28:26-05:00 Have you ever seen something or someone that you think would give you personal happiness or fulfillment? You go for it with everything you have, and then it's gone. You are left to wonder why you're still empty—looking for the next thing to come along. http://hutchcraft.com/Life-Issues/Restlessness/Drinking-From-the-Source 2008-11-24T15:27:00-05:00 Maybe you haven't gotten what you've been pursuing, whether it's a relationship, an accomplishment, or a position. You feel you have an incurable restlessness. If you've gotten what you thought would fill the hole in your heart, and the hole is still there, your next stop is despair. http://hutchcraft.com/Life-Issues/Emptiness/Hollow-on-the-Inside 2008-11-20T12:09:45-05:00 This is a world where image and appearance are everything. We work on our fitness, our hair, and our wardrobe, making good comments, making good impressions, looking like we have it all together, but there might be another you.